Diabetes

The commonest symptoms of diabetes are ‘.  Unusual thirst, frequent urination, loss of weight despite increased appetite and food intake, weakness and drowsiness, and often itching and boils.

There is no absolute cure for diabetes; but. it can be almost completely contolled.

An effective control for diabetes is as follows :  Dry some neem leaves in the shade for 2 or 3 days, powder them and store in a jar.  The diabetic patient should take one teaspoon of this powder together with a few pinches of powdered jeera (cummin) and voma (ajwain) dissolved in hot milk before going to bed in the night  fo r 30 days or more.

The juice of nerale fruit (jarnun) is good for giving much relief to diabetics. Diabetes can also be  completely controlled  by the following treatment: Take seeds ofnerale(jambulana), dry them well and heat them a little by slightly frying, and powder them fine.   Boil I tsp. of this powder in a small cup of water  and daily drink it early in the morning for 21 days.

Grind a few leaves of the white variety of the “periwinkle” flower plant and prepare a chutney and give it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach to the diabetic patient for 21 days and the malady will be effectively controlled.

To control diabetes : . Take a few dry twigs of “kiryatha” (available in ayurvedic shops), powder them well, soak the powder in water over-night, strain it in the morning and let the diabetic patient drink this strained liquid first thing in the morning for 21 days.

Take 10 gms by weight of the leaves  of “thumbe” plant and grind them along with 2 peppercorns and a little water and let the patient eat it for 21 days.

Daily drink decoction (kasaya) out  of the slightly fried and powdered seeds of Cassia tora  (thajank; thagate, thaikulo) for 21 days.

It is good for diabetic patients if they frequently eat bitter gourd together with its cooked liquid as a vegetarian dish. This  will  decidedly  control  diabetes and  its  complications.

Frequently drinking  the  decoction  out of the leaves  of  the bitter gourd vine is also as effective. Take 225 gms. of whole wheat  and   soak it over-night in water  and  finely  grind  it in the morning along  with 3—4 peppercorns   or  15  gms.  of green  ginger,   add  the  same over-night water,  stir it well, strain it,  and drink it first thing in the morning for 21 days to control diabetes.

Diabetes  can  be effectively controlled if the   patient daily drinks 10 gms. of the  juice extracted out of the leaves of “bilva patre”.

Diabetes can be controlled by daily drinking 20 gms. of the decoction  (kasayam)- prepared by  boiling  in  water the “nelanelli” plant together with its leaves, stem and roots.

Take   the  inner    middle    part   of   the    plantain tree,  dry  it  well   and   pound [it  to  a  powder,   sift,    and sieve it and  store.     Take  5  gms.  of  this • powder  and let

the diabetic patient eat it followed by a little water daily for 21 days.

Diabetes can be effectively controlled by the in take of the decoction prepared by boiling neem leaves in water at the rate of  2 tbsps of it at a time early in the morning 3 - 4 times in a week.

Drinking the sherbath (shake) made out of dates or eating date fruits (kajoor) helps to control diabetes.  The sweetness of dates is harmless to diabetic patients.

A tablespoon ful of the fresh juice of methi leaves  taken early in the morning regularly for. 3 months cures the early stages of diabetes and control sit in later stages.

Diabetic ulcers (carbuncles) can be cured more effectively than costly antibiotics by the following herbal treatment : The root of the plant called “bhighna” in Bengal is washed with distilled water and then crushed to prepare a paste which is applied on the carbuncle.  The paste is changed every 12 hours; the acute pain and burning sensation subsides within 2 or 3 days.  Discharge from the wound stops within 8—10 .days arid heals up within 15 to 20 days.